Supreme Court stays 2026 UGC Equity Regulations, calls it ‘too sweeping’
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday (January 29, 2026) kept in abeyance the implementation of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, alleged to be discriminatory on the ground that it extends the benefit of reservation only to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and members of the Other Backward Communities (OBC) while denying the same protection to general or upper castes.
Economic Survey 2025 shows India in a bright light in an increasingly darker world
The Economic Survey 2025-26 has painted a rosy picture of India’s domestic growth outlook, raising the country’s medium-term outlook to 7% from its earlier estimate of 6.5%.
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